I noticed Lenovo does not actually state the manufacturer of the "ThinkPad" WLAN cards offered on some ThinkPad configs, what company is the OEM?
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thinkpad knows best Notebook Deity
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The current batch are from Realtek, they use different brand for each revision. i.e. T400 use different manufacter
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they're atheros, broadcom, or realtek depending on the FRU.
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I'd pass on these cards. The realtek "thinkpad b/g/n" wireless card is garbage. I went on ebay and purchased an intel 5300 wifi instead to replace it.
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thinkpad knows best Notebook Deity
I heard they were... but i also heard there's no significant difference between them. What exactly made them "garbage"?
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The linux support is iffy. Some manufactor are good at providing driver for linux, while other does not even try.
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I believe the main cause for this is inferior hardware and poor driver support. If you're using Linux in any way shape or form, SKIP this wireless card because the drivers you have to compile on your own are MUCH worse than its Windows counterpart (which is also incredibly crappy). -
I agree, if you are considering linux then pony up the extra cash for the intel card. I wish I had. Haven't gotten wireless to work with 10.04, if anyone has (with the realtek card), please post where you got the driver. Had to downgrade to 9.04 because of it and wasted half a day reinstalling my programs.
however, in windows I get decent performance w/ realtek. At my university I get good detection, haven't found any places yet where its lacking. -
pi3guy, when get into the live cd's try to wait for notification of proprietary driver, install the driver when you still in the live CD, then installed Ubuntu onto the laptop. That's how I solved my WIFI driver problem on S10-2, maybe that will work for you.
"ThinkPad" branded WLAN cards, actual manufacturer?
Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by thinkpad knows best, May 9, 2010.